A Hurricane man now holds the West Virginia weight record for yellow perch after reeling in the nearly 2-pounder from Summersville Lake in Nicholas County.

The Division of Natural Resources says Joshua Wayne Estes caught the 14.5-inch, 1.93-pound perch on Dec. 1. He was using a live chub for bait. The fish bested a 1.83-pound yellow perch caught in Tygart Lake in Taylor County in 1985.

The N.J. state record for yellow perch was caught back in 1989 from Holiday Lake by angler Gene Engels. The record fish tipped the scales at 2.6-pounds.